Summit and Events
Moving Freight with Better Trucks
Research Report, Policy Insights,
18 April 2011
- The freight transport task is growing rapidly in most regions and requires effective utilisation of all modes of transport.
- The safety and environmental impacts of road haulage require regulatory intervention for optimal outcomes.
- Compliance can be improved greatly through legislation that assigns responsibility.
- Compliance regimes can be enhanced by exploiting technological innovations.
- A performance based approach to regulation offers the potential to meet community objectives for road freight transport more fully.
- Many higher capacity vehicles have equivalent or even better intrinsic safety characteristics in some respects than most common workhorse trucks.
- Truck crash energies mean safety regulation must pay particular attention to managing truck speeds and driver alertness and impairment.
- Higher capacity vehicles have potential to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
- Higher capacity vehicles can result in fewer vehicle-kilometres travelled.
- The lower unit costs offered by higher productivity trucks could result in increased overall demand for road freight transport and a transfer of freight from other modes.
- Road pricing systems can be developed to manage use of the transport network more efficiently.
- Road infrastructure and trucks need to be developed in concert.
- Significant opportunities for improvement of the regulation of heavy trucks have been identified.
Combinations of Instruments to Achieve Low-Carbon Vehicle-Miles
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 February 2010
The Demand for and the Supply of Fuel Efficiency in Models of Industrial Organization
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 February 2010
Incentives for CO2 Emissions Reductions in Motor Vehicle Taxes
Presentation, slides, speech,
2 September 2009
Are Horizontal Mergers and Vertical Integration a Problem?
Presentation, slides, speech,
6 February 2009
Empirical Evidence for Integration and Disintegration of Maritime Shipping, Port and Logistics Activities
Presentation, slides, speech,
5 February 2009
Integration and Competition Between Transport & Logistics Businesses
Presentation, slides, speech,
5 February 2009
The Impact of Climate Change Policy on Competition in the Air Transport Industry
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 October 2008
The Relationship Between Seaports and the Intermodal Hinterland in Light of Global Supply Chains: European Challenges
Presentation, slides, speech,
9 April 2008
Responding to Increasing Port-Related Freight Volumes: Lessons Learned
Presentation, slides, speech,
9 April 2008
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Control in the Transport Sector: The French Experience
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 April 2008
Reducing Transport Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much, How Fast and at What Cost?
Presentation, slides, speech,
11 February 2008
Examining Fuel Economy and Carbon Standards for Light Vehicles
Presentation, slides, speech,
31 January 2008
Reducing Transport Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much, How Fast and at What Cost?
Presentation, slides, speech,
14 December 2007
Transport Infrastructure Inside and Across Urban Regions: Models and Assessment Methods
Presentation, slides, speech,
30 September 2007
Environmental Costs and Benefits and Oil Substitution Potential
Presentation, slides, speech,
6 June 2007
The Performance of Brazilian Biofuels: An Economic, Environmental and Social Analysis
Presentation, slides, speech,
31 May 2007
Emissions from Maritime Shipping Sector in a Freight Context
Presentation, slides, speech,
20 May 2007